It is time to get your daily dose of bilingualism!
Each day we will share with you a bit of knowledge that relates to language, culture and identity. Visit us each day to learn something new!
Today's Word |
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Click here to learn today's word or term related to bilingualism, bilingual education, language and more!
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Today's Quote |
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Click here to read today's interesting, inspiring or humorous quote!
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Today's Tip |
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Click here to make sure you share in today's tip for raising you child bilingually and biculturally!
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Today's 'Did You Know?' |
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Click here to learn something interesting about language, culture, bilingual parenting and the world!
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Today's Wisdom |
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Click here to read today's wise saying! We have collected parables, saying and anecdotes from around the world and are sharing the ones that we find most interesting, inspiring and delightful.
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This Week's Activity |
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Click here to be inspired by an activity you can do with your children to help encourage them to use their second language and to build up a more extensive vocabulary! Even if you do all the talking, at least they will be engaging with you!
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Have more ideas, tips, wisdom and more to add to our Daily Knowledge section? Email us at: info@biculturalfamily.org.
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BBFN Columnists |
• Multicultural Melange - Alice grew up in a bilingual/bicultural Korean-Austrian family. In this month's column, Alice shares her thoughts on raising her child trilingually.
• The Single Language Spouse - Get to know Colleen, the "single language spouse". She is married to a Russian and in this month's column shares her thoughts on raising a child bilingually when you don't speak the "other" language.
• Eurapsody - Meet Clo, an Italian native currently based in France with her Belgian partner and raising a quadrilingual child. In this month's column she helps us with finding a name for our future multilingual child.
• One Family One Language - Lilian and her husband live in the US but both are originally from Brazil. In her column, Lilian will share with us the joys and struggles of raising two boys bilingually with the minority-language-at-home approach.
• Between Grandparent and Grandchild - Corey's mother's tough questions contributed to this group actually coming into being! In this column she introduces herself to you through her experience of becoming a mother and the hopes for global understanding that came with it. |
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Stay Informed |
• News Around the World - Check out articles, essays and opinions about language, culture and identity around the world.
• Ages & Stages - Want to know if your child is just going through a stage or maybe prepare for the next step in your child's life?
• Tips & Advice - Check out "My Kid Speaks Better Than Yours!" and questions answered by Harriet.
• Once A Day! - Rev up your grey cells with today's tip, word, quote, wisdom, Did You Know? and activity!
• Humor & Fun - Read "Oh No, My Chil Caught Bilingualism!", test your American English vowel knowledge and learn how to bark like a dog in different languges. |
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Spotlights & Info |
• Marketplace Spotlights - check out this month's book review, Sponge School and Magellan's Toy Shop.
• Website Spotlights - Have you heard of "Talkin About Talk" and read Maya Lin's essay on being bicultural.
• What's New at BBFN? - Ask Harriet, Interviews with people of influence, share postcards with other bilingual/bicultural families, and check out Corey's blog.
• Look Who's Talking - Harriet's presentation is coming up at the end of March and Corey will offer a seminar at the end of April.
• Mailbag- Carol in Spain shares her thoughts about our February newsletter and contrasts our American Between Worlds essay with her experiences in Spain. |
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